diff --git a/src/external/Nonlocal/PNL_PippardFitter.cpp b/src/external/Nonlocal/PNL_PippardFitter.cpp
index 5f4d630e..7a751332 100644
--- a/src/external/Nonlocal/PNL_PippardFitter.cpp
+++ b/src/external/Nonlocal/PNL_PippardFitter.cpp
@@ -50,10 +50,6 @@ ClassImp(PNL_PippardFitterGlobal)
  */
 PNL_PippardFitterGlobal::PNL_PippardFitterGlobal()
 {
-  fValid = true;
-  fStartupHandler = 0;
-  fRgeHandler = 0;
-
   // read XML startup file
   char startup_path_name[128];
   TSAXParser *saxParser = new TSAXParser();
@@ -348,19 +344,6 @@ Double_t PNL_PippardFitterGlobal::XiP_T(const Double_t xi0, const Double_t meanF
 
 ClassImp(PNL_PippardFitter)
 
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Constructor
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-/**
- *
- */
-PNL_PippardFitter::PNL_PippardFitter()
-{
-  fValid = false;
-  fInvokedGlobal = false;
-  fPippardFitterGlobal = 0;
-}
-
 //--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Destructor
 //--------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -392,7 +375,7 @@ void PNL_PippardFitter::SetGlobalPart(std::vector<void*> &globalPart, UInt_t idx
 
   if ((Int_t)globalPart.size() <= fIdxGlobal) {
     fPippardFitterGlobal = new PNL_PippardFitterGlobal();
-    if (fPippardFitterGlobal == 0) {
+    if (fPippardFitterGlobal == nullptr) {
       fValid = false;
       std::cerr << std::endl << ">> PNL_PippardFitter::SetGlobalPart(): **ERROR** Couldn't invoke global user function object, sorry ..." << std::endl;
     } else if (!fPippardFitterGlobal->IsValid()) {
diff --git a/src/external/Nonlocal/PNL_PippardFitter.h b/src/external/Nonlocal/PNL_PippardFitter.h
index 21f4917b..c026f908 100644
--- a/src/external/Nonlocal/PNL_PippardFitter.h
+++ b/src/external/Nonlocal/PNL_PippardFitter.h
@@ -55,10 +55,10 @@ class PNL_PippardFitterGlobal
     virtual Double_t GetMagneticField(const Double_t z) const;    
 
   private:
-    Bool_t fValid;
+    Bool_t fValid{true};
 
-    PNL_StartupHandler *fStartupHandler;
-    PRgeHandler *fRgeHandler;
+    PNL_StartupHandler *fStartupHandler{nullptr};
+    PRgeHandler *fRgeHandler{nullptr};
 
     mutable std::vector<Double_t> fPreviousParam;
 
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ class PNL_PippardFitterGlobal
 class PNL_PippardFitter : public PUserFcnBase
 {
   public:
-    PNL_PippardFitter();
+    PNL_PippardFitter() {}
     virtual ~PNL_PippardFitter();
 
     virtual Bool_t NeedGlobalPart() const { return true; }
@@ -96,11 +96,11 @@ class PNL_PippardFitter : public PUserFcnBase
     virtual Double_t operator()(Double_t t, const std::vector<Double_t> &param) const;
 
   private:
-    Bool_t fValid;
-    Bool_t fInvokedGlobal;
+    Bool_t fValid{true};
+    Bool_t fInvokedGlobal{false};
     Int_t fIdxGlobal;
 
-    PNL_PippardFitterGlobal *fPippardFitterGlobal;
+    PNL_PippardFitterGlobal *fPippardFitterGlobal{nullptr};
 
   ClassDef(PNL_PippardFitter, 1)
 };